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• 'Holy Land Confederation': Oslo Accords Architect Presents New Peace Plan

  
  February 10, 2022 11:36

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.HIGHLIGHT-holy-land-confederation-oslo-accords-architect-presents-new-peace-plan-1.10601495?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=haaretz-news&utm_content=15ea3dbd92

   

  By Allison Kaplan Sommer

  Published February 9, 2022

   

  Veteran Israeli peace negotiator Yossi Beilin and Palestinian attorney Hiba Husseini suggest the creation of a confederation, with people swaps involving settlers and refugees, as a way to revive the two state solution

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• Opinion | What's With Israel's Obsession With Counting Jews?

  
  January 27, 2022 15:34

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-what-s-with-israel-s-obsession-with-counting-jews-1.10568637?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=author-alert&utm_campaign=Gideon%20Levy&utm_term=20220126-23%eWMWmN4Lu0u1pcuCzmFLOjbAtj2DoegAY

   

  By Gideon Levy

  Published January 26, 2022

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• Israel’s ‘war of attrition’ against Palestinian children

  
  January 25, 2022 14:20

  Source: Aljazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/1/21/israels-war-of-attrition-against-palestinian-children

   

  By Marwa Koçak Marwa Koçak and Amy Addison-Dunne

  Published January 21, 2022

   

  As the battle between the Palestinian Bedouin and Israel continues, children are being indiscriminately arrested.

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• Opinion: Israel must choose: Withdraw from the occupied territories or grant Palestinians under its control full rights

  
  January 11, 2022 14:50

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/06/israel-palestinians-occupation-full-rights-west-bank/

   

  By Mairav Zonszein
  Published January 6, 2022 

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• Opinion | Welcome to Tel Aviv! Oh, Hold On, Your Partner's Name Is Mohammed?

  
  January 11, 2022 14:57

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-welcome-to-tel-aviv-oh-hold-on-your-partner-s-name-in-mohammed-1.10513803

   

  Noa Landau

  Publihsed January 4, 2022

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• The Alchemy of Angst

  
  January 13, 2022 13:42

  Source: Project Syndicate

  https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/alchemy-of-angst-by-elif-shafak-2021-12?utm_source=Project%20Syndicate%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=f6105226b3-op_newsletter_01_07_2022&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-f6105226b3-93791313&mc_cid=f6105226b3&mc_eid=284f1f0e24&barrier=accesspay

   

  By ELIF SHAFAK

  Published December 4, 2021

   

  In a world smothered by information but lacking wisdom, anger, born of pain, has become the defining emotion. The false promise of twenty-first-century digital technologies has been laid bare, leaving people desperate for meaningful human connection and a sense of political agency.

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• Haifa’s lost Palestinian bourgeoisie

  
  January 11, 2022 14:38

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-bourgeoisie-boutagy-haifa/

   

  By Himmat Zoubi 

  Published January 6, 2022

   

  The story of the Boutagy family exemplifies how urban, middle-class Palestinians struggled to maintain their status in Israel after the Nakba.

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• What my son is learning about being Palestinian in the Jewish state

  
  January 04, 2022 15:28

  Source: +972 Magazine

  https://www.972mag.com/palestinian-jewish-state/

   

  By Ayat Abou Shmeiss 

  Published January 3, 2022

   

  At three Mahmoud realized that Jewish children are given preference, at 13 he understood Arabic was inferior, at 17 he knew he could not live in security. Now he's 18, and my heart trembles whenever he leaves the house.

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• Opinion: Trump idolatry has undermined religious faith

  
  December 30, 2021 11:29

  Source: The Washington Post

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/28/trump-idolatry-has-undermined-religious-faith/

   

  By Jennifer Rubin

  Published December 28, 2021

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• Hopefully 2022 Is the Year the Two-State Solution Finally Dies in Washington

  
  January 04, 2022 15:03

  Source: Common Dreams

  https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/01/03/hopefully-2022-year-two-state-solution-finally-dies-washington

   

  By PHILIP WEISS

  Published January 3, 2022

   

  Imagine you had a Palestinian child—could you support the "2-state solution?"

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